Icon Tiles Maker vs Themee
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Icon Tiles Maker
Transform your photos into custom icon tiles for your device's home screen. Easily chop images into a grid of small tiles to create unique app shortcuts and decorative displays. Save your creations directly to your photo library for quick access.
- Convert photos into photo tiles
- Create custom icon shortcuts
- Set number of rows and columns
- Resize and position tile grid
- Save tiles to Photo Library
- Use for social media photo effects
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Icon Tiles Maker app will convert your photo into photo tiles & can be used as icon tiles for your custom icon shortcut on your device home screen. In short, it easily chop photos into small tiles as you like! With the home screen customization widget features in iOS14 & above, you can create an interesting display of app icons as you like. Icon Tiles Maker app can be one of the tools to produce a nice & unique custom icon for home screen customization. Please have a look at the Screenshots provided for few sample usage & the results. With Icon Tiles Maker app, you can set the tiles grid required in number of rows and columns. From there, position the tiles grid to the best spot on the photo & begin! You can also resize the grid to suit your needs. Icon Tiles Maker app will save the photo tiles into the Photo Library inside "TilesIcon" album folder so you can easily access them when required. The steps to produce the icon tiles are as follows: 1. Open up a photo. 2. Start setting the number of rows & columns required. 3. Move the grid by dragging it around the photo if required. 4. Resize the grid with the slider if required. 5. Once all OK, tap the Grid button & all photo tiles will be saved in the "TilesIcon" album folder in your device Photo Library. 6. Note that when accessing the "TilesIcon" album, the sort order can be set to "oldest to newest" in order to easily see the sequence of the photos as per the grid from top to left and to bottom. As Icon Tiles Maker app will produce a tiles photo in grid sequence, the photo tiles or icon tiles can also be used in any other application such as facebook or instagram where in the case that the photos are displayed & arranged in known number of rows & columns. This will create a nice effect of photo tiles. So lets download Icon Tiles Maker app & start experimenting with the effects as per your creativity! Thank you for downloading. Enjoy! Additional Information.. To create a custom icon for any of your app (for iOS12 & above only): 1. Open Shortcut app (make sure to use the one from Apple). 2. Select "+". 3. Select "+ Add Action". 4. Select "Scripting". 5. Select "Open App". 6. Select "Choose" and pick the app that you wanted to open with this shortcut. 7. Select the round "..." button at the top right area under "Next". 8. Set your shortcut a name. 9. Tap on "Add to Home Screen". 10. Under the "HOME SCREEN NAME AND ICON", put the name that will be displayed under the Icon (tips: this name can be empty, this will make the icon clean without text at the bottom). 11. Tap the Icon and select "Choose Photo". 12. Select your desired photo tile to become the shortcut Icon. 13. Select "Add" after a photo has been selected as shortcut Icon. 14. Confirmation message will be displayed to say it is done!. 15. You can now repeat for every Shortcut you needed. 16. Note : you can actually use the same shortcut with different Icon photo set (meaning with the same one shortcut you can create & add as many icon as possible to be put in the home screen, but remember these all different photo icons will only open the one app that you specified earlier). This is useful if you wanted to create icons just for fun & just for nice display purposes. 17. If different app needs to be open with the Icon, you need to create a new shortcut with the above steps for each app. Hope above help!
Themee
This app allows users to customize their phone's home screen with a vast collection of aesthetic themes, including widgets, icons, and wallpapers. Personalize your device with unique designs and over 1,000 custom icon packs.
- Aesthetic themes
- Personalized home screen
- Massive widget collection
- Custom icon packs
- Variety of wallpapers
- Easy setup
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Themee, a brand new Widgets App is now coming. We offer many different widgets, icons and wallpapers! Check it out now! Key Features: ■ Aesthetic Themes: Themee offers a wide range of aesthetic themes, including widgets, icons, still and live wallpapers, allowing you to express yourself in a unique way. ■ Personalized Home Screen: Choose from our 3-in-1 themes or use our Theme Customizer to create a personalized Home Screen that reflects your style. ■ Massive Widget Collection: Our widget collection includes everything from time, clock, and calendar to quotes, weather, and countdown. You can even create a unique widget by adding photos and changing backgrounds, fonts, and colors. ■ Custom Icon Packs: Tired of boring standard app icons? Themee has over 1,000 custom icon packs to choose from. Follow our simple and clear instructions to install the whole pack at once. ■ Wallpapers: Choose from a variety of wallpapers, including anime, animals, urban, nature, and more. Choose from our irresistible still wallpapers. With Themee's easy setup and regular updates, you can easily give your iPhone a unique and stylish look. Don't wait any longer, download Themee today and start customizing your Home Screen like a pro! Terms: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Atrv3fVBDXF4JzHLIKllqK_73i_rY6gZCz4XSfc-n0/edit?usp=sharing Privacy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sn9sgUboDSatUiNnINRlK488W4ZKYar4kIOyskAq7MA/edit?usp=sharing
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Verdict
Icon Tiles Maker and Themee both sit at 4.2 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Icon Tiles Maker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Themee's. Icon Tiles Maker also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 14.0). Themee's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 10 months). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Icon Tiles Maker against 4.2 for Themee. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Themee has 36 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Icon Tiles Maker's written reviews are positive against 50% of Themee's.
Icon Tiles Maker ships an update every 10 months, Themee every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Icon Tiles Maker | Themee |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (6 ratings) | 4.2 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 176 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | aZeR DiLLs | Shenzhen Shapley Technology Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
Icon Tiles Maker
Themee
In-app purchases
Icon Tiles Maker
No in-app purchases
Themee
No in-app purchases
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